The Bengal cricket team represents the

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n state of

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in domestic

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. It is considered Eastern India's strongest

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team. The team plays its home matches at the historic

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. Bengal has won two

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victories and has been runner-up a total of 12 times. Bengal won the

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, also known as the Ranji One Day Trophy, in 2012. Under the captaincy of

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, it beat

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in the finals at the

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, Delhi on 12 March 2012.

Competition history

Bengal's first success came in the third Ranji Trophy season (1936/37), in which it came runners-up to Nawanagar. Two years later it beat Southern Punjab in the final of the Ranji Trophy to become the 4th team to hold the title. For the next 51 years, although it had been runner-up 11 times (including the year before), it did not regain the title until it beat a strong Delhi team in the 1990 final. The team was runner-up twice consecutively in the 2005–06 and the 2006–07 season. Their ranks are occasionally bolstered by the return of

to the domestic competition. Sourav Ganguly crop

Best performances in Ranji Trophy

Best performances in Vijay Hazare Trophy

Best performances in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

Famous players

;Players who represented India

Home ground

– The second largest stadium in the world and also the home ground of

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Jadavpur University Campus Ground Jadavpur University Campus Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Salt Lake City Campus of Jadavpur University, Jadavpur, Bengal. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports. The main ground at t ...

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- It has been leased out to the Cricket Association of Bengal and it often plays host to inter- and intra state cricket matches. * Bengal Cricket Academy, Kalyani * Deshbandu Park,

North Kolkata North Kolkata encompasses the northern part of Kolkata, including the city's oldest neighbourhood. Shyambazar, Bagbazar, Kumartuli, Shobhabazar, Posta, Jorasanko, Rajabazar, Phoolbagan, Maniktala, Kankurgachi, Ultadanga, Chitpur, Belgachia, ...

– hosted matches of Vinoo Mankad Trophy,

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, Vijay Merchant Trophy and Polly Umrigar Trophy

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold. ''Updated as on 27 December 2022''

References

External links

Ranji Trophy winners

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